Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

First They Killed My Father: Film tie-in by Loung Ung

8 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

this book was a very hard thing to read. it includes almost every content warning you can imagine. I can't believe i did not learn about this in any of my schooling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

trs01's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and War

alexandrias_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Rape, Medical trauma, and Deportation

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Cannibalism

abbie_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Heartbreaking portrayal of the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, as seen through the eyes of a child. It’s occasionally repetitive given the author was a child at the time, so some of her memories likely lack the depth those an adult might have, but seeing the violence through the eyes of such a young girl also serves to amplify. Honestly devastating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

whatannikareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

a very important, hard read. definite warnings if you can't read about blood, genocide, murder, but i'm grateful that she didn't sugarcoat the atrocities committed on the cambodian people. we all know genocide and war is bad, but it's books like these that humanize the victims and give us vivid insight into what happened to them. how the effects of war stay with you forever. i hope ung's family members who were murdered have found peace; a book like this is a blessing that exists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

hotkoolaidpotato's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Excrement and Cannibalism

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder